CURRENT
• O SLEEP
THE UNLEARNING
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ELLEN FULLMAN
ESTAMOS ENSEMBLE
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O Sleep is a multi-dimensional improvised opera which focuses on the synthesis of improvised and composed music, text, movement, video and use of architectural and natural space in performance. Inspired by the drama, science and conundrum of sleep and dream life, this project began during an artist's residency in 2009 at the Headlands Center for the Arts and was performed at Southern Exposure, San Francisco in May 2010. For more information, see project blog: The Orange Route.
Theresa Wong (cello, voice, director)
Ellen Fullman (Long String Instrument)
Dohee Lee (Korean percussion, taepyeongso, voice)
Luciano Chessa (dan bau, guitar)
Shayna Dunkelman (drumset and percussion)
Preshish Moments (electronics)
Kanoko Nishi (koto and bass koto) [*Headlands performance only]
Heike Liss (set design, video, performance)
Alice Wu (costume design, live drawings)
see performance photos
see costumes
Special thanks to the following friends and supporters of O SLEEP: Blyth Hazen, Jennifer Hall, Genine Lentine, Glenn and Harriet Wong, Patti and Joel Deuter, Andrew Solomon, Gregory Moore, Denah Bookstein, Maysoun Wazwaz, Mike Lai (video documentation), Michael Zelner (sound recording), Headlands Center for the Arts & Southern Exposure.